Ben-Hur

Blue Peas and Other 2-Strip Technicolor Marvels

Nov 20, 2014 The Retro Set 0

Not long ago I was watching Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, which I’ve watched multiple times—not because I feel it is necessarily a great film, but because few modern films have so accurately pinpointed the look […]

Ramon Novarro: Catholicism, Homosexuality and MGM

Aug 8, 2013 The Retro Set 2

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the balmy, Halloween morning of October 31st 1968, a bloodied corpse was discovered at 3110 Laurel Canyon Blvd in the hills above Hollywood. The body, beaten beyond recognition, belonged to a man who, 40 […]